TOLEDO, Ohio – Shane Berschbach had three points and Tyler Barnes scored twice to lead the Walleye to its second game seven win of the playoffs 5-2 over Fort Wayne Wednesday night at the Huntington Center. Toledo wins the series four games to three and the Walleye will host the South Carolina Stingrays in the Eastern Conference Finals starting Friday.
A new Toledo ECHL Playoff Record crowd of 6,523 watched the Walleye race out to a 3-0 lead in the first period. A power play goal at 8:44 of the first period from Tyler Barnes (4th) started the scoring. Kyle Bonis (6th) lifted a backhand shot past Komets goaltender Pat Nagle at 10:17. Justin Mercier (6th) capped a great Martin Frk pass at 17:34.
Just 16 seconds into the second period, Tyler Barnes collected his second goal of the game. The Komets climbed back into the contest with a pair of goals before the end of the second period. Jeff Lerg turned aside all 10 Komets shots in the third period and Shane Berschbach (6th) netted the game-winning goal at 17:21.
Walleye Notes: Goaltender Jeff Lerg finished the game with 27 saves on 29 shots and his record is 7-5 in the playoffs. Shane Berschbach was the only player in the series to have at least one point in all seven games. The home team won all seven games of the series.
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